Isaac S.D. Sassoon

Isaac S.D. Sassoon

Isaac S.D. Sassoon is a Sephardic Orthodox rabbi (hakham) and educator. Hakham Sassoon was born into the Sassoon family of London. His initial education was under the tutelage of his father, the renowned scholar Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon, Hakham Yosef Doury, and others. Later studies were at the prestigious Gateshead Yeshiva and various yeshivoth in Israel. He holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Lisbon.

Continuing his family's tradition of academic achievement, Hakham Sassoon has published on topics ranging from Scriptural commentary [Torah ReadingsDe Lange The Expository Times.2003; 114: 177] and history, to issues of current concern to the Jewish community [http://www.jewishideas.org/node/26] . Hakham Sassoon teaches at the Institute of Traditional Judaism-The Metivta and lectures widely.

Highly esteemed in the Sephardic community, Hakham Sassoon has contributed to the maintenance of the heritage of the Babylonian Jewish community [http://www.babylonjewry.org.il/new/english/nehardea/14/25.htm] and has provided the Syrian Jewish community with an updated and corrected siddur (Jewish prayer book) reflecting that community's traditions.

elected works

*"Destination Torah" ISBN 0-88125-639-0, a commentary on Chumash (Hebrew language edition Ve-ha'arev Na) [http://www.amazon.com/review/R1XFFSOPDIRFHB/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm] .
*"Costa, Uriel da, Examination of Pharasaic Traditions", ed. and trans. with H.P. Salomon, Brill, Leiden, (1993) [orig. ed. Amsterdam, 1623]
*"The Marrano Factory", with HP. Salomon, Leiden, 2001
*"Siddur Ve-ha'arev Na" (2007), a prayerbook according to the Syrian nusach.

Articles

*"The Relevance for Today of Uriel Da Costa's 'Examination of Pharisaic Traditions' ", Studia Rosenthaliana, vol. 28, no. 1 (1994)
*"Et Lirpoh (A Time to Heal)", Hadoar, vol. 82, no. 4 (2004).
*Review essay [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-138949904.html] on Agunot entitled "Ra'ah Ma'aseh Ve'Nizkar Halakhah", Judaism, vol. 54, nos. 1-2 (2005)

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